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Aero Optimized Head Tube

To cheat the wind - triathletes' and time triallists' worst enemy - the STEVENS Super Trofeo's cockpit and fork are seamlessly integrated into the frame's front triangle. So riders and their "speed machine" slice the wind with almost no effort - no matter if in Roth, Frankfurt a.M. or in Hawaii ...

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Aluminium Alloys 7005 and 6061

These number are the names of different aluminium alloys a frame is made from. Alloying is necessary to increase aluminium's toughness and hardness that in its raw state would be to soft and weak. From both alloys stiff and long-lasting STEVENS frames can be made. 7005 uses zinc as the next most important ingredient, 6061 uses magnesium and silicon as main additives.

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Chain Ring Gearing for Road Bikes

Compact Drive

Those who are not born pro racers or like to ride hills a lot are best served with a compact crank featuring a 50/34 teeth gear combination. The big chain ring offers enough speed potential even with a tailwind. Uphill your two-piston machine won't run out of fuel when hitting a 10% grade. A tip for lovers of Alpine passes: A 11 to 32T cassette, mounted standard on some STEVENS models will make conquering 1,000 vertical meters (3281 ft) with an easy cadence a piece of cake.

Semi Compact Drive

Shimano's new standard is the optimum compromise of speed and climbing abilities with a 52/36T chain ring combination. Pefect when a 11 to 32T cassette is mounted at the rear wheel (e.g. with the new STEVENS Arcalis Disc), then mid-range mountains or even Alpine passes are no problem anymore. Instead ambitioned cyclists turn their cranks easily and save energy for the final townline sprint with friends to make speeds up to 60kph (40mph) possible.

Standard Drive

53 and 39 teeth. Classic pro rider set-up. Made for long, mostly flat stages that are ridden with high tempo. The right choice for the fittest athletes – no matter if road race or time trial.

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Boost-Standard Fork

What is right for the rear wheel is even more important at the front wheel - because steering precision matters. This is why STEVENS uses suspension forks and hubs with extra wide axle spacing for all its 29er fullies, the Whaka+ ES and the trail rocket Sonora SL. These 110mm of axle spacing are called "Boost" or "Plus" and stand for lots of added lateral stiffness plus space for extra wide studded tires.

36 bikes have this technology

Bosch Nyon On-Bord Computer

For the most preciuos STEVENS pedelecs BOSCH goes the full nine yards and presents the Nyon Display - the world's first all-in-one on-board computer for bikes: e-drive activation and monitoring, GPS, fitness coach … combined with a specially designed smartphone app plus online portal a lot more is possible. If it's planning your route on your PC at home or managing your fitness data, the do-it-all Nyon is designed to statisfy any demand in information a cyclist can ever have.

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Cockpit

The whole set of handlebar, stem, grips, brake and shift levers and any accessory attached to the handlebar such as bell or trip computer are called the cockpit.

CTD – Climb, Trail, Descend

No matter if rear shock or suspension forks. When a STEVENS mountain bike is outfitted with Fox components its rider benefits from the US-American company's sophisticated technology. A little blue lever or dial is used to adapt the chassis to any riding situation: „Climb“ means maximum compression stage until lockout for steep climbs and asphalt sections that require maximum efficency. „Trail“ with platform damping to prevent rocking on courses with changing terrain where an allround set-up is alright. And „Descend“ almost completely open, fine-tuned and sensitive compression stage, wenn it's all about about downhill fun. The top-of-the-line marathon and all-mountain models Jura Max, Jura ES and Sella ES also feature a remote lever at the handlebar to operate front and rear suspension.

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Direct Mount Derailleur Hanger

All STEVENS full suspension bikes and hardtails with rear thru axle benefit from the stiffness of Shimano's E-thru-standard. This includes a direct mount derailleur hanger with integrated thread for the thru axle. The derailleur is mounted further backwards than with conventional quick release systems - which simplifies wheel removal and also increases shifting precision.

Direct Mount Front Derailleur

A front derailleur cannot be fixed more directly and stiffer than one with an integrated Direct Mount. That's why STEVENS's engineers opted for this solution on all full-suspension bikes and high-quality hardtails. So their riders are rewarded with utmost shifting precision.

Double Chamber Technology

In order to better handle the applied loads, frame main tubes and fork legs are devided into two chambers by an inner reinforcement rib. Riders of the top road bike model Ventoux and carbon MTB hardtail Sonora will benefit from this feature.

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Versatile cable routing

We keep the cable routing on our bikes as versatile as possible so you can ride your bike like you want to. There are wide and therefore easy to reach cable ports in the frame to insert either one or two cables or none at all - there are cover plugs for any of these configurations. This is also very convenient for retrofitting a dropper post.

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Hardtail and Fully (Full Suspension-) Mountainbike

A Hardtail is a mountainbike with a suspension fork but rigid ("hard") rear triangle ("tail"). A full suspension mountain bike ("fully") also uses suspension in the rear triangle - the part of the bike behind seat tube and bottom bracket. Hits from uneven terrain are levelled by a damper (mostly called shock).

Rear Triangle Bearing

Designing products that fullfil STEVENS engineers' demand in high-quality has lead to an important conclusion: If an MTB's chassis is supposed to provide precise response, high rear triangle stiffness and and a long life span then it must be equipped with high-quality, multiple-sealed roller bearings of load-specific dimensions - said and done!

High Modulus Carbon Fibers

Only the very best materials are used for the highest quality STEVENS carbon frames - so called high modulus carbon fibres. They offer a perfect combination of maximum toughness and elasticity. This way they provide maximum lateral stiffness for best forward drive and a high amount of comfort. Result: incredibly light and enormously stiff frames.

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Hydraulic Disc Brakes – Trekking

There is no more reliable brake system than hydraulic disc brakes - that is why we strongly advice everyone, who is riding their cross, trekking- or city bike 12 months a year to choose one of our models with the „DISC“ suffix. Brake power is easy to modulate and does not fade a bit in the wet. Also the brakes are almost maintenance-free. And your local STEVENS dealer will gladly explain to you what you need to take care of when removing and re-installing a wheel

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Hydroforming

Using water or oil pressure aluminium tubes are transformed from their original round shape into their ideal shape determined by STEVENS engineers to perfectly withstand any load without any weight penalty. Riders of allround bikes and pedelecs will benefit from a better stability caused by hydroforming even when they are touring with heavy luggage.

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Integrated Pannier Rack Mount dropout

In collaboration with pannier rack specialists Tubus and Racktime STEVENS' engineers have developed a dropout that also serves as an elegant pannier rack mount. It not only looks fantastic, it also ensures that forces caused by luggage or large amounts of groceries are evenly transmitted inot the frame - resulting in a more stable and safer design.

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Even when you can't see the strut that connects the pannier rack to the fender - it is there. The strut runs below the fender and provides - in connection with the rack mounted to the fender - more stability and lateral stiffness.

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Chain guide interface

To prevent the light aluminium chainstays of STEVENS fullies from scratching, we use high-quality bolt-on protectors. They also house a little, smart chain guide directly underneath - the Bionicon c.guide eco (available at your local bike dealer). The c.guide also provides a quiter drivetrain and keeps the chain securely on the chainrings.

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Comfort Carbon Seatpost

Who wants to be fast does not need to suffer – especially not when their STEVENS Carbon road bike is equipped with a Scorpo Carbon SL Comfort Seatpost which filters annoying road buzz. Its diameter of 27.2mm only and dedicated fibre orientation enable better flex without adding weight or loosing stability. By the way: the post can also be retrofitted.

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Tapered Seat Tube

The seat tube tapers from top to bottom. At the top it fits a slim 27.2mm seatpost that offers some flex and therefore increases comfort especially when riding over rough ground. At the bottom the large diameter nicley flows into the bottom bracket shell and downtube to provide great stiffness and drivetrain efficiency.

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(Remote) Lockout

There are situations when no suspension neither front or rear is required. When you are hammering uphill out of the saddle, when you sprint for the finish line in a marathon … then you simply flick the lockout switch to block the compression stroke. And when you read the word "remote" on the spec list, this means you can conveniently use a button at the handlebar to lock your suspension.

Lowrider Eyelets

A lowrider is a pannier rack to fix bags to the fork legs, resulting in a lower (hence the name) center of gravity than with a rack that straddles the front wheel. Threaded eyelets for the fixing bolts can be found on almost all rigid STEVENS forks.

Nuvinci H-Sync

There has never been more system integration on a bike: The BOSCH display mounted on the STEVENS E-Caprile and E-Carpo provides full control over the automatic shifting - it monitors the gears inside the stepless NuVinci 380 hub and matches it to your preferred cadence that the system can be adjusted to.

Pinion P1.18 Planetary Gears

Where there's normally a bottom bracket shell there is now a complete control center with a total of 18 tightly and evenly-stepped gears - always providing the perfect gear for any kind of situation. This little powerhouse – made in Germany – also guarantees perfect handling thanks to its optimum weight distribution.

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Pinion P1.9 CR Gear Box

Where you normally only find the bottom bracket you now have a complete control center providing the rider with nine perfectly evenly stepped gears and an enormous bandwidth for any kind of ride situation. This little power house - made in Germany - guarantees optimum weight distribution and perfect handling.

Postmount

This way to attach the brake caliper to the frame or fork has become the aknowledged standard. The brake caliper is supported by the threaded post it is mounted on (hence the name). The post is also an integral part of the frame and fork, respectively which makes the brake-frame-system a lot stiffer and more durable. Also found on STEVENS disc equipped road bikes.

Pressfit Bottom Bracket

A bottom bracket consisting of bearings that are pressed directly into the frame's bottom bracket shell, therefore fitting very tightly. This design allow the use of large diameter bottom bracket axles to increase stiffness and minimize friction. Maintenance-free for many years.

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Rearshock Development

Diffferent purposes in different terrain require different ride properties. This is why every fully rear triangle receives a specific setup from STEVENS' engineers to meet the respective bike's requirement for optimum performance. Firm for minimum power loss in the marathon with lots of comfort for long distance riding with a linear characteristic curve and mind-soothing reserves for hard hits.

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Belt Drive

A belt drive, as the name suggests, uses a drive belt instead of a chain to transfer power from the cranks to the rear wheel. Since the belt cannot be split like a chain the special STEVENS frame utilizes a splittable seat stay, but the advantages are convincing: lower weight, silent operation, almost endless longevity without any maintenance.

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Riser Handlebar

A handlebar that is bent so that its ends where the grips are attached are positioned higher and a little further back than its middle part where it connects the stem.

Rohloff Gear Hub

There is no more reliable way to arrange 14 finely-stepped gears than with this great idea from Rohloff. There are Speedhubs out there having run more than 100.000km. And there are thousands of everyday and long-distance riders who never ever want to use any other way of shifting again. Maintenance? Maybe one oil change per year - that's it.

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Side Swing front derailleur

Our top supplier Shimano made a great innovation here. One that works reliably on any terrain when changing gears at the front has to be fast and precise - be it in competitions or on technical trails. Thanks to its upright axes the front derailleur cage swings outward and forward at the same time, and due to its direct actuation from the downtube only needs minimum operating force.

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Smooth Welded

Additional step in welding. The first, rippled weld, typical for aluminium, is covered with a second smoother weld. This not only improves looks but also lowers the risk of notches in this spot, which makes the frames more durable.

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SPF Superlite Rigid Fork

SPF stands for "Super Plastic Forming" which allows the manufacturing of large and complex parts like bike forks in one single piece. This way there's only a few welds between the fork shaft and legs. This makes the fork very light and laterally stiff. Yet it's equipped with everything that makes a versatile rigid fork: Lowrider rack eyelets, QR-15 axle mount and tapered shaft for high lateral stiffness.

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Tapered Steerer / Tapered Headtube

Fork shaft (or steerer tube) and head tube are tapered, meaning their diameter increases from top to bottom resulting in a conical shape. The diameter needs to be bigger at the bottom since this is where higher stress is applied - especially when the bike has a higher total weight due to luggage or an e-drive and battery. Also tapered steerers feature a smoother force transfer (like forces caused by hard braking) to the downtube than forks with a continuous 1 1/8" diameter.

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Triple Butted, Double Butted

Meaning a frame tube has three or two different wall thicknesses along its length. Triple butted (TB) is the usual technology with STEVENS high-quality frames. Tubes with different wall thicknesses are optimally adjusted to certain ways of manufacturing or to withstand specific loads. Where the highest loads occur or where tubes are welded, walls are the thickest. Butted tubes allow frame weight to be lower by several hundred grams.

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Adjustable Dropouts

High quality STEVENS frames equipped with a gear hub or Pinion 18-gear box come with adjustable dropouts. These make correct tensioning of the chain or drive belt very easy. Adjustment via headless set screw and Allen key allows very precise alignement. Two fastening bolts on each side provide tight grip. On bikes with derailleur shifting the chain is tensioned by the derailleur.

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Full Carbon Fork

The most intelligent way of lightweight design for STEVENS engineers is to use carbon forks with 100% carbon fibers that run all way though from dropout to steerer tube in one single piece. This results in an amazing riding experience on and off-road: Lightweight, knife-sharp steering precision effortless climbing and maximum lateral stiffness even when combined with disc brakes.